Sir Christemas

About the piece

The exact origins of this joyful carol are unknown, but one of the first people to write it down was Sir Richard Smerte, a 15th-century chorister-turned-vicar who lived at Plymtree, near Exeter, and was Devon’s first recorded musician. His version became known to a wider audience in 1928, when Ralph Vaughan Williams, Percy Dearmur and Martin Shaw included it in their influential Oxford Book of Carols.

“Sir Christemas” is written for Tenor Solo, Semi-chorus and SATB Choir, and uses features from both Medieval music and contemporary music to create an effective 21st century carol.

Libretto

Below you can find the text to the poem, believed to be by Sir Richard Smerte:

Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, Nowell.
Who is there that singeth so,
Nowell, Nowell, Nowell?

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